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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54017</law_id><section_number>58.1-601</section_number><catch_line>Administration of chapter</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="58.1">Taxation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">Taxes Administered by the Department of Taxation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">Retail Sales and Use Tax</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Tax Commissioner</span> shall administer and enforce the assessment and collection of the taxes and penalties imposed by this chapter, including the collection of state and local <span class="dictionary">sales</span> and <span class="dictionary">use</span> taxes from <span class="dictionary">remote sellers</span>. <a id="paragraph-198311" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-601/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> In administering the collection of state and local <span class="dictionary">sales</span> and <span class="dictionary">use</span> taxes from <span class="dictionary">remote sellers</span>, the <span class="dictionary">Tax Commissioner</span> shall: <a id="paragraph-198312" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-601/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Provide adequate information to <span class="dictionary">remote sellers</span> to enable them to identify state and local <span class="dictionary">sales</span> and <span class="dictionary">use</span> tax rates and exemptions; <a id="paragraph-198313" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-601/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Provide adequate information to software providers to enable them to make software and services available to <span class="dictionary">remote sellers</span>; <a id="paragraph-198314" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-601/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Ensure that if the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> requires a periodic audit the <span class="dictionary">remote seller</span> may complete a single audit that covers the state and local <span class="dictionary">sales</span> and <span class="dictionary">use</span> taxes in all localities; and <a id="paragraph-198315" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-601/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Require no more than one <span class="dictionary">sales</span> and <span class="dictionary">use</span> tax return per month be filed with the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> by any <span class="dictionary">remote seller</span> or any software provider on behalf of such <span class="dictionary">remote seller</span>. <a id="paragraph-198316" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-601/#B4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> For purposes of evaluating the fiscal, economic and policy impact of <span class="dictionary">sales</span> and <span class="dictionary">use</span> tax exemptions, the <span class="dictionary">Tax Commissioner</span> may require from any <span class="dictionary">person</span> information relating to the evaluation of exempt purchases or <span class="dictionary">sales</span>, information relating to the qualification for exempt purchases, and information relating to direct or indirect government financial assistance that the <span class="dictionary">person</span> receives. Such information shall be filed on forms prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">Tax Commissioner</span>. <a id="paragraph-198317" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-601/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-441.40; 1966, c. 151; 1984, c. 675; 1988, c. 457; 2013, c. 766; 2019, cc. 815, 816, 854.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
